PKL and PIKB

I am now attending the PKL and PIKL awards ceremony at the palace. This is the time of the year that 100s of recipients of the honours q up to receive the awards from our crown prince. You can see the faces of the recipients glowing as some of them would have waited years to receive the awards. It is a kind of recognition to them for their contribution to the state and the people of this country. Some of my old pals were on the list.. so a big heartiest congrats to them. Im now technically on leave but I have to attend today's function as I need to replace the one I missed last thursday. Somehow as usual i completely forgot that i had a function to attend last thursday. As usual i will have to come up with a written excuse to the state protocol dept for not attending. They probably think that im running out of excuses if i said i completely had forgotten about it.